• Part of a series of articles on the. French people. v. t. e. French Canadians, referred to as Canadiens mainly before the nineteenth century...
  • French Canadians’ linguistic tendencies emphasized a need to preserve their French culture among the influx of British influence.
  • According to the Canadian Census 2021, there were 4,917,985 (4.9 million) people of French descent in Canada.
  • In every province and territory, French‐ or English‐speaking minorities have a right to primary and secondary school instruction in their language ( Canadian...
  • The language then became a curious mix of regionalism and anglicism and led to the Canadian version of French that we know nowadays.
  • Across the continent, over 7 million Canadians speak French as their first language, though about 10 million can speak conversational French.
  • The arrival of these religious settlers enabled the French-Canadian Church to increase the number of French-Catholic schools, colleges, hospitals, orphanages...
  • The later French Canadian migration from Quebec province began with the growth of the lumber and textile industries following the American Civil War.
  • The number of French speakers in Canada is around 8.5 million out of a total Canadian population of about 40 million residents.